Adenovirus-36 is associated with obesity in children and adults in Sweden as determined by rapid ELISA.

<h4>Background</h4>Experimental and natural human adenovirus-36 (Adv36) infection of multiple animal species results in obesity through increasing adipogenesis and lipid accumulation in adipocytes. Presence of Adv36 antibodies detected by serum neutralization assay has previously been as...

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Main Authors: Malin Almgren, Richard Atkinson, Jia He, Agneta Hilding, Emilia Hagman, Alicja Wolk, Anders Thorell, Claude Marcus, Erik Näslund, Claes-Göran Östenson, Martin Schalling, Catharina Lavebratt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22848557/?tool=EBI